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Show i i i : r e m e n t s i l i: r Manager Ed. Bardsley. with acrew of men, is doing some eiensjve development de-velopment work on the Independent Silver properties, in the Beaver Lake mining district. Several years ago. this property was one of the heavy shippers, but the war came on and all work on the mine was stopped. At that time a tunnel was driven into the mountain a distance of 150 feet. This cut the vein SO feet below the surface, at which point a large cave was struck from which many tons of low grade ore was taken. A branch was run from the main drift which run over 100 ounces of silver. Several pipes were found which contained rich ore. A short time ago work was resum ed and a shaft is being sunk, and wheir it is down 200 feet, a drift will be run to cross-cut the main fissure, which is estimated to be above 50 feet from the shaft and to have a width of about SO feet. The shaft is down about 135 feet at the present time, and is in heavily heav-ily mineralized lime stone. The mine is well equipped with modern machines and from indications, indica-tions, it soon will be on a paying basis. |